Thanks for this epic footage! Lots of memories, tuning into BBC Rally Report with Propaganda’s Jewelled theme tune before William Woollard’s wonderful tones updating us on event progress. Rallying just isn’t the same now kids!
This was a great year ... we did 6 days .. Nottingham to the lake district .. had about 8 hrs sleep all week. Such great memories stired up watching this. Even stood in the chippy with Cesare Fiorio at a service halt in south Wales... Keep the videos comming
WRC has changed, shorter rallies, not so many manufacturers, progress, I don't think so. Spectated that year and 86, awesome cars, so sad what happened to Henri, Group B the pinnacle, but I still enjoyed group A when it came . Thanks for the upload .
I don't think I've seen more effective footage exemplifying the sheer brute force of these cars, the raw power combined with the relative simplicity/inadequacy of suspension capability and lack of grip with tyre technology. Despite how advanced these cars were, just the no handbraking use and steering inputs are incredible!
Absolutely brilliant memories especially seeing them come down into the Hairpin at Olivers Mount and through Wykeham Forest stage unfortunately no more 😢 #GroupB #Sendem
@@danross8565 Hiya. I expect so. Excepting the 'suicide' road over the edge of the escarpment. I read somewhere last year, that it had subsided and was no longer passable. Drove down it a couple of times. Concentrated the mind somewhat!
Superb coverage. I followed the RAC rally throughout the early 80's watching Jimmy McRae, Stig Blomquist,Malcolm Wilson, from bath to Castle O'er twiglees. Those were the days. First time I saw the Golden Wonder 6r4 was awesome what a sound.
Great days! Followed that year from start to finish with my mum and dad! The short wheel base Audi was an absolute weapon!! Rallying as lost its way since then all the cars where different!! Now you could take the stickers off they all look the same!
lots of power, tractor like transmissions, low tech even on the tyres days that can never be replicated no matter how many tweeks WRC tries to do to make modern rally's more popular
Rallying is now but a shadow of it's former self. OK it is only natural that the cars have "progressed" but the format these days leave a lot to be desired in comparison to 40 years ago...#TurnBackTime
Yeah, but those in charge won't admit it. Three and a bit days of repeated stages is not what every WRC event should be about. Events are supposed to be different.......
Best Days of Rallying ,I Met Phil Short once at Harewood hill Not Many Years ago in the Car park in his road car, He was in a Road going Audi Sport Quattro ,That Audi Gave Him ! Nice Gift as There Now Worth £550,000.
That 6R4 sounds fantastic, they all do and all have a different sound, it was great. Now all motor sports sound the same, wrc cars all sound the same, f1 cars all the same, even MotoGP bikes all the same. Too many regulations now
These cars have so much character/personality. You can distinguish their looks and sound the moment you see/hear them. Now they all look and sound the same. Cars now are also so efficient it's kinda boring. Always landing perfectly, and has so much downforce and grip that they don't really dance around the corners anymore like they used to.
And now, not only do we not have a WRC round, the actual event no longer exists.......Great bit of organisation from those who ran the event. Utterly shambolic.....
They raced the TCT in the uk since '83. They also saw some action in Portugal, New zealand, China, German, Sweden and Belgium although the latter only happened once
The Metro handles the bumps far better than the Audi. It should have been Tony's for the taking, had ARG not been let down by Michelin and brought suitable tyres for the frozen forest tracks. Michelin deemed they wouldn't be needed..
Tony was suffering with flu all through the event. The Deltas were so fast. If the tyres were an issue the metros would never have finished so high. Still, amazing times, glad I was there to see it all.
That’s true, Mikkola was a master at this event though. Despite the weight and engine in front of the front axle disadvantage of the Audi, he’d already come back from well behind on day 1 to have a near 1 minute lead in Wales before the engine went sick, you can hear it in the clip at Hafren here. The Audis and Peugeots would have had the same Michelin issue as the Metros when the weather turned frozen in the north, but alas, none of them ever made it that far anyway. Tyres or no tyres, I think on frozen roads the Audis would have struggled against the mid-engine cars anyway.
The best sounding obviously the Audi quattro and the Metro 6R4, Lancia a weird looking and sounding travesty of a car, the Original Stratos was a great sounding and looking car.
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Thanks for this epic footage! Lots of memories, tuning into BBC Rally Report with Propaganda’s Jewelled theme tune before William Woollard’s wonderful tones updating us on event progress. Rallying just isn’t the same now kids!
Just glad i was around to see group b The best days of rallying
This was a great year ... we did 6 days .. Nottingham to the lake district .. had about 8 hrs sleep all week. Such great memories stired up watching this. Even stood in the chippy with Cesare Fiorio at a service halt in south Wales...
Keep the videos comming
WRC has changed, shorter rallies, not so many manufacturers, progress, I don't think so.
Spectated that year and 86, awesome cars, so sad what happened to Henri, Group B the pinnacle, but I still enjoyed group A when it came .
Thanks for the upload .
Those 6R4's sounded so good 💯 Awesome upload 👍👍👍
Henri rolled his S 4 and still won. We need RAC back in WRC in its original form as a dark rally.
I don't think I've seen more effective footage exemplifying the sheer brute force of these cars, the raw power combined with the relative simplicity/inadequacy of suspension capability and lack of grip with tyre technology. Despite how advanced these cars were, just the no handbraking use and steering inputs are incredible!
Absolutely brilliant memories especially seeing them come down into the Hairpin at Olivers Mount and through Wykeham Forest stage unfortunately no more 😢 #GroupB #Sendem
Those were the days my friend. My first taste of rally was there, in 1975. Bitten by the bug. Dalby as with Wykeham. Bloody glamping took over.
Wykeham was used on the Mobil 1 rally challenge. Are the roads still there?!
@@danross8565 Hiya. I expect so. Excepting the 'suicide' road over the edge of the escarpment. I read somewhere last year, that it had subsided and was no longer passable. Drove down it a couple of times. Concentrated the mind somewhat!
Superb coverage. I followed the RAC rally throughout the early 80's watching Jimmy McRae, Stig Blomquist,Malcolm Wilson, from bath to Castle O'er twiglees. Those were the days. First time I saw the Golden Wonder 6r4 was awesome what a sound.
a new video about Group B??? Intant click and like!
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Great days! Followed that year from start to finish with my mum and dad! The short wheel base Audi was an absolute weapon!! Rallying as lost its way since then all the cars where different!! Now you could take the stickers off they all look the same!
Nothing are like these cars and skills of the drivers. Epic
lots of power, tractor like transmissions, low tech even on the tyres days that can never be replicated no matter how many tweeks WRC tries to do to make modern rally's more popular
Rallying is now but a shadow of it's former self. OK it is only natural that the cars have "progressed" but the format these days leave a lot to be desired in comparison to 40 years ago...#TurnBackTime
Yeah, but those in charge won't admit it. Three and a bit days of repeated stages is not what every WRC event should be about. Events are supposed to be different.......
Brilliant thank you ❤
Yes, more fantastic footage!
hearing alot of boosty sounds from the S4's 💪🏾😎
TOP !
In the words of the prophet Cher ....." If I could turn back time ....." 😊
Proper rallying.
Ohh what memories… bloody ace..❤
Best Days of Rallying ,I Met Phil Short once at Harewood hill Not Many Years ago in the Car park in his road car, He was in a Road going Audi Sport Quattro ,That Audi Gave Him ! Nice Gift as There Now Worth £550,000.
Sheer, audio pleasure early 70ies n still relish my friends these bygone times n the lost boyriders
That 6R4 sounds fantastic, they all do and all have a different sound, it was great. Now all motor sports sound the same, wrc cars all sound the same, f1 cars all the same, even MotoGP bikes all the same. Too many regulations now
These cars have so much character/personality. You can distinguish their looks and sound the moment you see/hear them. Now they all look and sound the same.
Cars now are also so efficient it's kinda boring. Always landing perfectly, and has so much downforce and grip that they don't really dance around the corners anymore like they used to.
And in great quality too
And now, not only do we not have a WRC round, the actual event no longer exists.......Great bit of organisation from those who ran the event. Utterly shambolic.....
The Roger Albert Clarke rally took its place if I remember correctly
the rally still takes place, sadly only every two years but next year it will be running again
@@StuffAndMore worth the wait
Been a while since I’ve been, but used to love going with the camera
1995/96 Swedish Rally, 1995 Rally Australia or 1994/96 San Remo? I don’t see much of those
I had no idea any Celica TCTs rallied in England! I thought they only saw action in Africa and 1000 Lakes
They raced the TCT in the uk since '83. They also saw some action in Portugal, New zealand, China, German, Sweden and Belgium although the latter only happened once
@@Pen3989 that’s super awesome! Adore the TCT, wish it got more love!
The Metro handles the bumps far better than the Audi. It should have been Tony's for the taking, had ARG not been let down by Michelin and brought suitable tyres for the frozen forest tracks. Michelin deemed they wouldn't be needed..
Tony was suffering with flu all through the event. The Deltas were so fast. If the tyres were an issue the metros would never have finished so high.
Still, amazing times, glad I was there to see it all.
That’s true, Mikkola was a master at this event though. Despite the weight and engine in front of the front axle disadvantage of the Audi, he’d already come back from well behind on day 1 to have a near 1 minute lead in Wales before the engine went sick, you can hear it in the clip at Hafren here.
The Audis and Peugeots would have had the same Michelin issue as the Metros when the weather turned frozen in the north, but alas, none of them ever made it that far anyway.
Tyres or no tyres, I think on frozen roads the Audis would have struggled against the mid-engine cars anyway.
The best sounding obviously the Audi quattro and the Metro 6R4, Lancia a weird looking and sounding travesty of a car, the Original Stratos was a great sounding and looking car.
THE forest monsters🔝🔝
KEEP.GROUPB.ALIVE